A first class relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis – the teenager who will be canonised a saint in April of next year – will go on display at the Franciscan Friary in Killarney next Sunday and will then remain on permanent display in the church.
Born in London but reared in Italy, Carlo Acutis was a website designer who documented Eucharistic miracles and approved Marian apparitions for the Vatican before his death, at the age of 15, in 2006.
Despite suffering from leukaemia, Carlo was noted for his cheerful disposition, for helping others and for his devotion to the Eucharist which became a theme of his life.
In November 2019 a miracle in Brazil was attributed to his intercession when a teenage boy was allegedly cured of pancreatic cancer after he and his mother had prayed to Acutis during a prayer service.
In 2022 a Costa Rican woman, who was given little chance of survival after suffering a brain haemorrhage, prayed for the intercession of Acutis and visited his tomb.
The same day, she began to breathe independently again and was able to walk the next day with all evidence of the illness having disappeared.
After the second miracle attributed to the intercession of Acutis was confirmed, in May 2024, Pope Francis granted approval for his canonisation.
Since the beatification ceremony in October 2020, Carlo’s relics have been on display with his tomb in the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Assisi.
At the 11.30am Mass in the Franciscan Friary in Killarney next Sunday, the main celebrant, Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne, will unveil the first class relic.
Friary Guardian, Br Pat Lynch said the relic will be available for blessings again from 3.00pm on Sunday afternoon – particularly for families and young children – and after the 7.00pm Triduum Mass of St Kevin Xavier that evening.
The relic will then go on permanent display in a specially made case in the Killarney friary.
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